Choosing type.

What is typography?

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type, type

design, and modifying type glyphs. Type glyphs are created and

modified using a variety of illustration techniques. The arrangement

of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line

length, leading (line spacing), adjusting the spaces between

groups of letters (tracking) and adjusting the space between pairs

of letters (kerning).

Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers,

graphic designers, art directors, comic book artists, graffiti

artists, and clerical workers. Until the Digital Age, typography was

a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to

new generations of visual designers and lay users.

- http://en.wikipedia.org

What to consider: kerning, height, contrast.
http://typies.blogspot.com/2006/11/15-tips-to-choose-good-text-type.html


Combining complementary fonts: picking fonts that are right for each other...

http://www.typography.com/email/2010_03/index.htm

http://vectoralia.com/manual/english/elegir_los_tipos.html

http://typophile.com/node/32056

Identifying fonts: Upload an image of your font

http://new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Creating fonts:

http://ilovetypography.com/2007/10/22/so-you-want-to-create-a-font-part-1/

Learn about type terminology

http://ilovetypography.com/2008/03/21/extreme-type-terminology/

Composition: text on a page

http://www.baselinemagazine.com/browse_buy/magazine/current_issue/contents/


tips for pairing typography for magazines
http://www.davidairey.com/typeface-combinations-book-design/ 

http://www.viget.com/inspire/superfamily-font-roundup-40-plus-intentional-font-pairings/
http://www.typography.com/email/2010_03/index.htm

Main rules for typesetting (and common mistakes)

http://vectoralia.com/manual/english/textos_impecables.html

Resources:

http://www.graphicdesignblog.co.uk/design-downloads/

http://ilovetypography.com/2008/02/28/a-guide-to-web-typography/ (type for web)

http://fontfeed.com/archives/category/type-tips/ (type tips)

http://www.typophile.com/node/32007 (combining type)
http://www.yourfonts.com/ (create a font from your own handwriting)

-The text can say a thing; but the letters, something else.

-each typography can be associated unequivocally to a certain place and a concrete time

-collage of colours in a text page that means to be serious or informative is tasteless and unprofessional.

-seek alternative and be more original —and the work could stay fresh longer.

-At firt glance, typography and colour say more than the text itself...